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Presentations & Posters
Where the author has given permission, presentations and posters from the 2026 Ontario Pest Management Conference can be downloaded below.
Congratulations to
2026 Student Award Winnters
Undergraduate Poster
1st Place - Raylene Colautti, University of Guelph/OMAFA
Evaluation of nematicides for management of beech leaf disease in nursery-grown European beech (Fagus sylvatica)
2nd Place - Olivia Brain, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
A blooming nightmare: Managing thrips (Thysanoptera) in Ontario nectarine orchards
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Graduate Poster
1st Place - Natalie Savoia, University of Guelph
Evaluation of synthetic plant semiochemicals for Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) management
2nd Place - Chloe El Hani, University of Guelph
Scents and sensibilities: Assessing the attraction of Coleomegilla maculata to Solanaceae plant volatiles for conservation biological control
Graduate Oral
1st Place - Natasha Weppler, University of Guelph-Ridgetown
Do larval density-based thresholds predict economic risk from true armyworm in modern wheat varieties?
2nd Place - Peggy Mantel, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Transmission of grapevine red blotch virus by Stictocephala bisonia
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PLENARY
From Dusts to Data: The Evolution of Pesticides in Canada. Josh Mosiondz, Provincial Minor Use Coordinator, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Agribusiness
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Novel Digital Approaches to Accelerate the Discovery and Development of Crop Protection Innovations. Ravi Ramachandran, Head of Research & Development (Crop Protection), Syngenta Canada
Development Over Discovery: Protecting Crops with a Shrinking Active Ingredient Toolbox. Doug Baumann, Chief Technology Officer, Vive Crop Protection Inc.
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RNAi Technology: Experience and Opportunities for Crop Protection in Agriculture. Wayne Barton, Development & Tech Services Consultant, GreenLight Biosciences Inc.
GENERAL
Integrated weed management: Where are we coming from and where are we going now? Francois Tardif, University of Guelph
Migiwa 20SC - A novel fungicide for Canadian pome fruit growers. Current successes and future opportunities. Wesley Cook, Belchim Canada
Heliothine nudiviruses in public sequence databases: A survey. Emrah Ozel
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GRADUATE -
ORAL COMPETITION
CAPS and RPA-based approaches for differentiating Neopestalotiopsis species affecting strawberry production. Alia Voss, University of Guelph.
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Functional characterization of BnWRKY40 in canola defence against Verticillium longisporum. Tetiana Borysenko, Wilfrid Laurier University.
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Do larval density-based thresholds predict economic risk from true armyworm in modern wheat varieties? Natasha Weppler, University of Guelph-Ridgetown.
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Entomopathogenic nematodes and fungi as biological control agents for plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar). Sydney Rack, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada.
Transmission of grapevine red blotch virus by Stictocephala bisonia. Peggy Mantel, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada.
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GRADUATE -
POSTER COMPETITION
Detection of Cryphonectria hypoviruses and novel hypoviruses in Cryphonectria parasitica, the causal agent of chestnut blight in American chestnuts. Nicole Tabujara, University of Guelph/Agriculture and Food Laboratory.
Mixture of cover crops to manage plant-parasitic nematodes in Ontario carrot production. Syed Atif Hasan Naqvi, Brock University.
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Scents and sensibilities: Assessing the attraction of Coleomegilla maculata to Solanaceae plant volatiles for conservation biological control. Chloe El Hani, University of Guelph.
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Evaluation of synthetic plant semiochemicals for Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) management. Natalie Savoia, University of Guelph.
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Evaluation of imazamox for weed control in white beans and crop tolerance across four dry bean market classes. Natalie Medland, University of Guelph.
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UNDERGRADUATE -
POSTER COMPETITION
A winsome strategy: Surveying the abundance and distribution of the winsome fly, Istocheta aldrichi, in southern Ontario. Grace Varrasso, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness.
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A blooming nightmare: Managing thrips (Thysanoptera) in Ontario nectarine orchards. Olivia Brain, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Evaluation of nematicides for management of beech leaf disease in nursery-grown European beech (Fagus sylvatica). Raylene Colautti, University of Guelph/Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness.
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REGULAR POSTER
Do cover crops suppress plant-parasitic nematodes in potato? A metabarcoding-based IPM assessment. Syed Atif Hasan Naqvi, Brock University.
Efficacy of a native entomopathogenic nematode (Steinernema sp.) isolated from an Ontario orchard against an insect pest. Ana Borrego-Benjumea, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Optimized Na-Mg-chlorophyllin-based formulation enhances photodynamic control of anthracnose and reduces phytotoxicity. Karthika Sriskantharajah, University of Guelph.
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